Manifested Destiny — Karen Mercury

Army scout Foster Richmond has struck Black Hills gold, but his partner, photographer Worth Ludlow, fears it's hexed by a Sioux curse. This seems evident when Foster's witchy old flame Orianna pops back into Laramie, Wyoming, and throws a monkey wrench into their courtship of the stunning widow, Miss Tabitha Hudson. Orianna drops the bomb that their little son needs Foster back in San Francisco. Tabitha can't give up all she's worked for-her new journalism career or the two rough-and-ready men she's fallen in love with. A seance held by local psychic-some say crackpot-Caleb reveals a traitorous web of sorcery, ghost dogs, and poisoned gloves. The trio refuses to accept they are the victims of the ex-flame from hell, and fights back with every weapon in their arsenal-including the crafty spirit of a dead miner-to protect their love.